Правовая природа международного транспортно-экспедиционного обязательства

Abstract

The problem of a definition of international freight forwarding obligation is considered to be one of the most important among modern issues of international private law, because the lack of a clear legal definition not just causes difficulties in law enforcement practice but also puts obstacles in the way of legal regulations unification process of international freight forwarding. At the same time the legal nature of the mentioned obligation arises from its economic and legal aims is considered to be of fundamental importance. In his article the author analyzes basic approaches to consideration of the legal nature of international freight forwarding obligation, emphasizes specific traits peculiar to it and makes suggestions to establish a unified legal model of the mentioned obligation regardless of the actual content of the freight forwarding operations carried out by the forwarder.